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Definition of Clumpy
1. a. Composed of clumps; massive; shapeless.
Definition of Clumpy
1. Adjective. forming or tending to form clumps ¹
2. Adjective. resembling a clump ¹
3. Adjective. clompy; with heavy footfalls ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Clumpy
1. lumpy [adj CLUMPIER, CLUMPIEST] - See also: lumpy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Clumpy
Literary usage of Clumpy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by English Dialect Society (1884)
"A pair of boots is said to be "clumpy" when clumsily made and with very thick soles.
CLUNG.—Heavy, stiff, adhesive (applied to the soil). CLUTTERY. ..."
2. The Journal of Experimental Medicine by Rockefeller University, Rockefeller Institute, Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (1900)
"The clumpy variety is characterized by the formation of a few large clumps at
the bottom of the tube which slowly increase in size; the clumps are dull gray ..."
3. The Bookman (1899)
"Death! she calls him clumpy, Perfidious monster! how I'd like to thump ye. Lady L.
'What's that! ah me! did'st thou not hear a row ? ..."
4. Transactions of the Association of American Physicians by Association of American Physicians (1905)
"The examination of the stomach showed the recurrence of the catarrhal gastritis
with a very heavy top layer of clumpy mucus and a considerable ..."
5. Glossary of Northamptonshire Words and Phrases by Anne Elizabeth Baker (1854)
"... or clumpy. Heavy, sullen, stupid, uncommunicative. A metaphorical use of the
preceding 'word; as inanimate as a "clump of wood. ..."
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